Author: OurCrowd

Introducing OurCrowd Continuity Fund (OC²): A new investment offering

Introducing OurCrowd Continuity Fund (OC²): A new investment offering

Feb 3, 2016 | ,

OurCrowd is proud to announce the launch of its OurCrowd Continuity Fund (OC2), a special opportunities fund devised to take advantage of preemptive rights in select follow-on rounds for portfolio companies. OC2 has an automated investing process, only investing in follow-on, up-rounds led by top venture capital and strategic investors. The dynamics of startup growth and venture investing is such that preemptive rights are a critically valuable asset for being able to invest in breakout stars, and OC2 is structured to give its investors first access to unexercised preemptive rights. Four reasons why we’re excited about launching OC2 Access to otherwise limited opportunities: As an investor, one of your most valuable assets is gaining a seat at the table to invest in the follow-on rounds of your companies that emerge to be the biggest winners. Pro rata rights are not about downside protection, they are about guaranteeing you the right not to be crowded out of highly competitive future financing rounds for your companies. OC2 is opportunistically leveraging OurCrowd’s pro rata rights across its 90+ portfolio companies to gain access to...

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OurCrowd’s portfolio company Freightos featured in TechCrunch

Jan 29, 2016 | ,

Zvi Schreiber, the CEO of OurCrowd’s portfolio company Freightos, wrote a feature on the state and future of the freight industry in TechCrunch, a leading technology website. Freightos offers a Software as a Service cloud solution for automating pricing and sales in the trillion dollar freight (cargo) industry. In November 2015, Beijing Century Joyo Courier Services registered with the U.S. government as an ocean shipping provider. So what? Well, Beijing Century Joyo Courier Services is a subsidiary of none other than Amazon. And earlier in the year, Amazon had already expanded its logistics presence with air transportation and trucking. Amazon’s entry into the trillion-dollar freight industry can have huge impact on Amazon‘s international sellers, importers and end consumers. But within the context of Amazon‘s modus operandi, it may spell even broader change in one of the world’s largest industries. Freightos raised $550,000 from OurCrowd investors in November 2012 and $110,000 in a follow-on funding round in 2013. Read more on...

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[Crosswise in PR Newswire] Device Map by Crosswise Integrated by VisualDNA to Drive Cross-Channel Audience Reach

Jan 28, 2016 |

Crosswise, an innovator in cross-device identification mapping, announced today that VisualDNA has incorporated cross-device mapping data from Crosswise into its personality-tailored audiences. By expanding its audience data across a consumer’s multiple devices, VisualDNA allows its clients to reach their desired audiences much more effectively. Device Map by Crosswise identifies which devices – such as smartphones, tablets, PCs and digital TVs – are being used by individual consumers. Anonymously identifying these connections from among billions of different devices allows companies to shift their advertising, retargeting, content personalization and marketing analytics from being device-focused to being person-focused. The results include improved online experiences for consumers, dramatically improved marketing ROI for advertisers, and more valuable ad space and audience segments for publishers. Read more in PR...

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But it’s not over! Highlights, photos, video, and more from OurCrowd’s 2016 Global Investor Summit

But it’s not over! Highlights, photos, video, and more from OurCrowd’s 2016 Global Investor Summit

Jan 28, 2016 |

Wow. This has been an incredible week. Thank you for joining us – through rain, wind and even snow – for the biggest investor event Jerusalem has ever seen. Together, we broke records: 3,000 people from 50 countries were a part of making this momentous event happen. Jerusalem hosted 100 global venture and corporate partners. At the first-ever Crowdbuilding Hackathon, 460 connections were made for 25 startups. Missed a session? Subscribe to our YouTube channel for alerts as we add recordings of the plenary and panel sessions. Tag yourself: Chances are you made it to the Summit photo album on Facebook! Look who’s talking: Check out the press coverage. Will we be in your city soon? Find your city on our Events Calendar. Summit attendees poured in from around the globe, check out the world map with all the participants’ locations by country: Together, we have made this a truly special event celebrating the Rise of the Global Crowd, and the Future of Investing. Thank you for being a part it. Let’s meet again soon. The OurCrowd Summit...

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